1920s German-made 3/4 Violin

A local consignor brought this fiddle in with an assortment of other gear. He's in a hard spot, unfortunately.

While unbranded, this has a "Strad copy" label in the f-holes that also identifies it as German-made. It's a 3/4 size, so smaller folk or middle-grade kids should do well with it. It's well-made, crack free, and feels nice in the hands.

Its tone is very good and has a surprising warmth and fullness for its size -- especially when paired with a good bow like in the video clip above.

Unfortunately, I don't have a chinrest for it but I have given it a fresh setup and it's ready to go. It's funny, but the back and neck "flame" is faux-flame (painted/burned) while the flame figure to the sides maple is real.

Repairs included: a quick setup and adjustments.

Setup notes: it plays low and fast for fiddle-style playing. The pegs are somewhat fussy at the headstock but it does have 4 fine tuners at the tail. The strings are nicer than average but I'm unsure of their brand.

Scale length: 12"

Nut width: 13/16"

String spacing at nut: 9/16"

String spacing at bridge: 1 1/2"

Body length: 13 1/8"

Lower bout width: 7 1/2"

Side depth at endpin: 1 3/8" +arching

Top wood: solid spruce

Back & sides wood: solid maple

Bracing type: tonebar

Neck feel: slim C-shape

Neck wood: maple

Condition notes: it appears mostly original but does have newer tailgut and, presumably, a replacement bridge. There's wear and tear to the finish throughout but it's mostly clean save for scratching near the bridge feet and under the tailpiece and "chewed-up" edges at the pegbox and scroll.

It comes with: a later hard case.